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Old 07-09-2012, 05:33 AM
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Re: Wheel balance weights

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Originally Posted by Blacky View Post
If you are painting the wheels, putting the weights back on is going to scratch the paint. I would have them rebalanced with stick ons on the back side out of site.
Also if you ever drive it in the winter nasty corrosion sets up between the rim and weights because of the dissimilar metals.
THIS. The ones that go on the edges look so ugly. Find a shop that has the stick-on ones to re-balance them using those. You don't want to make them look all nice with paint and then take a step back with those wheel weights.
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